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The Lifeguard Workshop is a free online learning module with a video, curriculum, and teacher resources for middle school and high school classrooms.

The Trevor Project’s Trainings for Professionals include in-person Ally and CARE trainings designed for adults who work with youth. These trainings help counselors, educators, administrators, school nurses, and social workers discuss LGBTQ-competent suicide prevention.

About The Trevor Project

Founded in 1998 by the creators of the Academy Award®-winning short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13–24.

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As a 501(c)3 non-profit, The Trevor Project relies on the generosity of friends to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth have a safe place to turn in times of crisis.

Positive Policy Supports LGBTQ Youth

February 12, 2014

February is a month of love, and we at Trevor are emphasizing the positive, loving things we can do to help prevent suicide among LGBTQ youth. For young LGBTQ people in school, their environment can make them especially vulnerable. However, by creating safer spaces, promoting inclusive school policies, and building connections between youth and educators, we can help improve the lives of LGBTQ youth nationwide.

To do this, The Trevor Project is sharing a new Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention that focuses on preventing suicide through making positive changes. This comprehensive tool is based in the latest research, and offers accessible tools for improving existing suicide prevention policies and gives guidance to school districts that need help taking their first step.

Created in partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the American School Counselor Association and the National Association of School Psychologists, this new resource plays an incredibly important role in supporting LGBTQ youth. We are also pleased to share that Trevor’s Government Affairs Director, Alison Gill, and The Trevor Project will be awarded the Allies for Action Partner Award from AFSP for our work in leading Model Policy’s creation. Congratulations to Alison for all her work on behalf of Trevor!

In addition to promoting this new Model Policy in your district, making schools safer for vulnerable youth is something that anyone can do. Whether it’s hosting a bake sale to fund a Gay-Straight Alliance or dedicating a concert to raising awareness, showing you care about the LGBTQ youth in your area is always a step in the right direction; positive changes like these can help improve a school’s climate, and ultimately, help save a life.